Acela overtaking Amtrak Crescent on 8/11/08

[carpetime]

very interesting

[seba81376]

superb

[simonspics1]

So cool to watch! Thanks for sharing!

[Applachia0928]

You don't see that every day

[Pellaz2112]

"Outta my way, slowpoke!"

[amtrak710123]

which direction were you headed in bcuz the acela was going the same way u were.

[Bill222E]

Both were headed south. Timetables from that timeframe will show the Acela overtaking the Crescent along this stretch... for the Acela, a later departure from Wilmington and an earlier arrival in Baltimore than the Crescent. Afterall, the Crescent is a considerably slower train, and almost inevitably, an Acela would catch up to it at some point between NYC and DC.

[phantomlord54]

I'd love to see Acela get its own separate line and do over 200

[Roboman2121]

@phantomlord54 Same here, but something tells me that it was designed to only do 160 max. That means that Amtrak would have to buy a few ZEFIRO trains from Bombardier in order to exceed 200 MPH.

[UraeusAnkhAmon]

@phantomlord54 Over 200?

[NJTAmtrakGuy]

Cool shot of the Acela overtaking the Crecent. 5*****!

[kmillard]

I believe that having a heritage diner in the consist would limit the Crescent to 100 MPH, even on the NEC.

[ThirdRail7]

@kmillard The heritage cars are good for 110mph on the NEC. This location is just south of Elkton, Maryland. 19 is on 1 track which is rated for 110mph and and the high speed is on 3 which is rated for 130mph on the curve.

Good footage.

[DJGENEX71]

Very cool! 5*****!

[techphy100]

thats a strange track line up.

[bonnevillessei]

Acela looks like ....uhhhh,. no...get ur ass behind me, lol

[legodirectorHD]

You do realize that Acela is owned and operated by Amtrak.

[bonnevillessei]

lego, that comment was for slum right? i am very aware of this....

[slumdogindia]

Acela looks like a cute devil chasing and fucking the shit out of Amtrak.

[indianrailways]

awesome

[BNSFDisneyZildjian]

my 18th birthday

[TrainiacProductions]

That is AWESOME!!

[AmtrakBill]

Great shot!